Minnesota farmers gaining ground on spring planting

NORTH MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) – A report from the U.S. Division of Agriculture discovered that Minnesota is behind on grain planting, however is rapidly making up floor.

Final week’s report stated that Minnesota was 36% behind the yearly common.

On Monday, a brand new USDA report stated that Minnesota is now solely 7% delayed, with 72% of Minnesota’s grain being planted.

Planting was delayed this spring resulting from chilly and wet climate.

Agriculture specialists stated that it’s nonetheless potential to achieve preferrred yield numbers, however it can rely upon the summer time climate.

”I feel it’s going to take excellent rising circumstances in, you recognize, come July to get to that. I’d say it’s nonetheless potential, however to be above that pattern line yield goes to be fairly troublesome at this level,” stated Kyle Leary, grain marketer at Crystal Valley co-op.

Kent Thiesse, a farm administration analyst at MinnStar Financial institution, stated that analysis from Land Grant Universities discovered that 90% of corn yield is planted between Could 20 and 25.

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